Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 7 , Pages 823-828 , July 1997

Assessing Non-Consent Bias with Parallel Randomized and Nonrandomized Clinical Trials

  • Sue M. Marcus

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Section, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationSue M. Marcus, Ph.D., Jefferson Medical College, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Biostatistics Section, 125 S. 9th Street, Suite 403, Philadelphia, PA 19107

,Accepted 8 April 1997.

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 7 , Pages 823-828 , July 1997

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